The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-01

has been averted and operations will be re-
sumed In all the factories OF the west az
soon rs the furnaces can be heated. An.
other meeting of the joint wage committee
was held late Wednesday night, and at an
early hour Thursday morning an amiable
settlement WAS reached by both sides max.
Ing concessions. Instead of an advance In
wages of 10 per cent and pay for extras,
the workmen agreed 70 accept a 3 per cent
increase, and the manufacturers promised
10 bring all outside factories into the asso.
citation. A meeting of the Glass Workers
association was held on Thursday afternoon
TO ratify the action Of the committee. The
settlement Of the strike will give employ.
ment 10 seven thousand men, who have
been Idle since the beginning of the sum.
mer vacation In June.
The annual convention of the knights OF
Labor will be held In Minneapolis next
week, beginning Monday. The chief sub
ject OF interest In the meeting seems 10 be
the position OF the Knights In regard TO
MIR. Powderly. Some time ago there
seemed to be a strong feeling OF dissatis-
faction with him, especially among the
more radical Of the organization. How far
this has extended and how strong II Is re-
mains 20 be seen and aside from this no
question OF serious importance has yet
been suggested as likely TO cause any rip.
pie OF excitement Of excitement during
the week.
The National Association Of Ex- Prison.
ers Of War concluded It's Chicago meeting
Friday week. A report from the commit
tee on pensions, recommending the passage
of bill giving all exprisoners OF war
SO for each day they we're In captivity, and
placing them on the pension rolls at rates
pr0portioned 10 the length OF their con-
hnement, was unanimously adopted.
George Francis Train has come TO the
surface again, and Is delivering incoherent
lectures in New York for the benefit OF the
families.
G. c. p. Holden, In speech 10 Mexican
veterans reunion at Greenville, the other
day, proposed State monument at Spring.
field in memory of the Illinois dead OF
that war, the monument 20 he surmounted
with the statue OF Colonel John J. Hardin,
who was killed at Buena Vista-Mr,
Holden says while CALAMITY leading his
command" This is not the fact, for he
wac killed after the battle by greazer In
ambush along the roadside. Nevertheless,
the monument would be graced by the
statue OF Colonel Hardin, the most con.
;picuous of illinois sons who fell in Mex.
leo.
On Saturday the governor appointed the
following delegates TO attend the Illinois
River improvement Congress, to be held
n Peoria, October II; The Hon. John NJ.
Palmer, Springfield the Hon Thomas.
2idgeway, Shawneetown; the Hon. Thos
Halliday, Cairo: the Hon. w. Ii. Collins
Quincy; the Hon. d. Is. Gilman, Alton;
he Hon. Ethelbert Callahan, Robinson;
he Hon George E. Bacon, Paris.
Under the order restoring 10 settlement
he indemnity lands of the Northern Pa
life Railroad, from $4,000 to 10000 acres
will 10 open for entry In otter Tail and
Douglas counties, Minnesota, on the 1st of
Der, at the Fergus Falls land Office.
q executing the orders Of the Supreme
court as against Neebe, who was sentenced
o 10 years in the penitentiary. The order
'ased on the finding of the Court was sent
0 the city on Tuesday. At 8 o'clock p. m.
'eebe was taken from the jail, and at O:3O
anded safely in the prison at Joliet The
flair was conducted so quietly, that none
new what was to happen or what had
appened until next mornings papers told
he story. BY good behavior, Neebe may
70 free man In less than nine years.
The petition for clemency in the an
rchist cases Is said TO now have over 49,
90 names!
The first of the races for the New York
yacht Club cup took place on Tuesday
,st between the Scotch cutter Thistle"
nd the American sloop Volunteer" The
american vessel won by more than nine
sen minutes. The second race was sailed
esterday. On our inside pages are given
ONE interesting facts In reference TO the
wo vessels.